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CHAPTER I
HEAD OF STATE
HEAD OF STATE
1. There shall be a President in and over _____ who shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of _____.
2. The President shall have such powers and duties as are conferred or imposed upon him by or under this Constitution or any other law of the Legislature.
3. (1) The President shall be appointed by the Executive Council.
(2) A person holding public office who is appointed as the President shall vacate such public office with effect from the date on which he is so appointed.
4. (1) The President shall hold office for such period not exceeding five years as may be fixed by the Executive Council on his appointment and shall, on the termination of his period of office, be eligible for reappointment:
Provided that a President who has held office for two terms shall not be eligible for reappointment for a third term of office.
(2) The President may resign his office by lodging his resignation in writing with the Prime Minister.
(3) The President shall cease to hold office on a resolution passed by two-thirds of the total membership of the House of Assembly after a report prepared by a committee of that House appointed at the request of the Prime Minister has recommended his removal on the grounds of misconduct or inability to discharge efficiently the functions of his office.
(4) There shall be no debate on a motion moved in the House of Assembly in pursuance of the provisions of subsection (3).
5. (1) During any period when the office of the President is vacant or the President is absent from _____ or is for any reason unable to perform the functions of his office, those functions shall during that period be assumed and performed by such person as the Executive Council may appoint.
(2) Any person appointed in terms of subsection (1) shall cease to perform the functions of the President after the President has informed him that he is about resume his functions or when a new President assumes office in terms of this Constitution.
(3) The President or any person acting as the President shall not, for the purpose of this section, be regarded as absent from _____ or as unable to perform the functions of the office of the President at any time when there is a subsisting appointment of a deputy under section six.
6. (1) Whenever the President—
(a) has occasion to be absent from the seat of Government but not from ____; or
(b) has occasion to be absent from _____ for a period which he has reason to believe will not exceed one month; or
(c) is suffering from an illness which he has reason to believe will be of short duration;
he may, by instrument under the Public Seal of _____, appoint any person in _____ to be his deputy during such absence or illness, and in that capacity to perform on his behalf such of the functions of the office of the President as may be specified in that instrument.
(2) The power and authority of the President shall not be abridged, altered or in any way affected by the appointment of a deputy under this section and a deputy shall conform to and observe all instructions that the President may from time to time address to him:
Provided that the question whether or not a deputy has in any matter conformed to or observed any such instructions shall not be inquired into in any court.
(3) A person appointed as a deputy under this section shall hold the appointment for such period as may be specified in the instrument by which he is appointed, save that his appointment may be revoked at any time by the President.
7. Before entering on any of the duties of his office the President or Acting President, as the case may be, shall take the oaths of loyalty and for the due execution of his office in the forms set out in the First Schedule, which oaths shall be administered by the Chief Justice or another judge of the High Court.
8. Any person who commits any act which is calculated to violate the dignity or injure the reputation of the President or Acting President or deputy shall be guilty of an offense and liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand pounds or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.
9. (1) There shall be charged upon and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund to the President and any Acting President such salary as may from time to time be prescribed by a law of the Legislature and such allowances as may be prescribed by or under any such law.
(2) The salary payable to the President or an Acting President shall not be reduced during his continuance in office.
CHAPTER II
PART I
THE LEGISLATURE
THE LEGISLATURE
10. The legislative power of _____ shall be vested in the Legislature which shall consist of the President and the Congress.
11. The Congress of _____ shall consist of a House of Representatives and a Senate.
12. A law of the Legislature shall, subject to the other provisions of this Constitution, make provision for the election or appointment of Senators and the election of members of the House of Assembly for the purposes of this Constitution.
PART II
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
13. (1) The House of Representatives shall be composed of members who represent constituencies determined by law.
(2) The number of members shall from time to time be fixed by law, but the total number of members of the House of Representatives shall not be fixed at less than one member for each thirty thousand of the population, or at more than one member for each twenty thousand of the population.
(3) The ratio between the number of members to be elected at any time for each constituency and the population of each constituency, as ascertained at the last preceding census, shall, so far as it is practicable, be the same throughout the country.
(4) The Congress shall revise the constituencies at least once in every twelve years, with due regard to changes in distribution of the population, but any alterations in the constituencies shall not take effect during the life of the House of Representatives sitting when such revision is made.
(5) The members shall be elected on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
(6) No law shall be enacted whereby the number of members to be returned for any constituency shall be less than three.
14. At any general election of members of the House of Representatives under this Constitution, all polls shall be taken on one and the same day in all the constituencies throughout the Republic, such day to be appointed by the President.
15. Subject to the provisions of section _____ of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified to be elected as a member of the House of Representatives if, and shall not be qualified to be so elected unless—
(a) he is a citizen of _____;
(b) he has attained the age of 18 years;
(c) he is qualified for registration as a voter for the purposes of the election of the members of the House of Representatives and is so registered; and
(d) he is able to speak, and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read English well enough to take an active part in the proceedings of the House.
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